Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God permitted him not to hurt me.
New American Standard Bible
Yet your father has
King James Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Holman Bible
and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
International Standard Version
Even so, your father has cheated me. He broke our wage agreement ten times. However, God didn't allow him to harm me.
A Conservative Version
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
American Standard Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Amplified
Yet your father has cheated me [as often as possible] and changed my wages ten times; but God did not allow him to hurt me.
Bible in Basic English
But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
Darby Translation
And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Julia Smith Translation
And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God has not allowed him to harm me.
Modern King James verseion
and your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not allow him to hurt me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times: But God suffered him not to hurt me.
NET Bible
but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.
New Heart English Bible
Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
The Emphasized Bible
But, your father, hath deceived me, and hath changed my wages ton times, - yet God hath not suffered him to deal harmfully with me.
Webster
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me.
World English Bible
Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn't allow him to hurt me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
Themes
Business life » Employers » bad examples
Business life » Employers » Bad
Covetousness » Instances of » Laban » In deceiving jacob in wages
Father-in-law » Unjust, laban to jacob
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To consult with them
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Laban
Master » Unjust master, instances of » Laban to jacob
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
Servants » When good » Are protected by God
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 31:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Flees From Laban
6 And you know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God permitted him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The striped shall be your wages; then bore all the flock striped.
Cross References
Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks: and you have changed my wages ten times.
Numbers 14:22
Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put me to the test now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Nehemiah 4:12
And it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt near them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places where you shall return unto us they will be upon you.
Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
Zechariah 8:23
Thus says the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of every language of the nations, even shall take hold of the robe of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also have kept you from sinning against me: therefore I permitted you not to touch her.
Leviticus 26:26
And when I have broken the supply of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Job 1:10
Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.
Job 19:3
These ten times have you reproached me: you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
Job 19:8
He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
Psalm 105:14-15
He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.